Former Playboy centerfold Pamela Anderson and rabbi to the stars Shmuley Boteach pen a joint op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, warning of the dangers of pornography and citing the repeated sexting scandals of former New York congressman Anthony Weiner.
“If anyone still had doubts about the addictive dangers of pornography, Anthony Weiner should have put paid to them with his repeated, self-sabotaging sexting,” the duo write in a piece titled “Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn.”
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (photo credit: Courtesy)
“From our respective positions of rabbi-counselor and former Playboy model and actress, we have often warned about pornography’s corrosive effects on a man’s soul and on his ability to function as husband and, by extension, as father,” they continue. “This is a public hazard of unprecedented seriousness given how freely available, anonymously accessible and easily disseminated pornography is nowadays.”
The two conclude by saying: “[W]e must educate ourselves and our children to understand that porn is for losers — a boring, wasteful and dead-end outlet for people too lazy to reap the ample rewards of healthy sexuality.”
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